OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Toward a contextualized research agenda: Governance challenges of the wastewater treatment policy in Mexico and the role of subnational governments	155
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Cover Image, Volume 8, Issue 5	51
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Toward a common methodological framework for the sampling, extraction, and isotopic analysis of water in the Critical Zone to study vegetation water use	45
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The geomorphological and ecological functioning of the Silala River	41
Identifying anthropogenic legacy in freshwater ecosystems	37
Flood legislation and land policy framework of EU and non‐EU countries in Southern Europe	36
Reanimating the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand	35
Review of the research on hydropolitics in Cambodia	35
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Multi‐scalar interactions between mismanaged plastic waste and urban flooding in an era of climate change and rapid urbanization	30
The lead and copper rule: Limitations and lessons learned from Newark, New Jersey	29
Global patterns of water‐driven human migration	27
Chemical and microbiological safety of drinking water in distribution networks made of plastic pipes	27
Revisiting groundwater law through the lenses of earth system law and rights of nature	26
Warding off freshwater salinization: Do current criteria measure up?	26
Proactive river corridor definition: Recommendations for a process‐based width optimization approach illustrated in the context of the coastal Pacific Northwest	25
A review of atmospheric water vapor lidar calibration methods	25
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Making ecosystem services flexible: Why a whole new framework is a bad idea for practitioners	24
Bridging the divide between inland water quantity and quality with satellite remote sensing: An interdisciplinary review	23

Delivering global water security: Embedding water justice as a response to increased irrigation efficiency	23
Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land	22
Potential secondary effects of in‐stream wood structures installed for natural flood management: A conceptual model	22
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with urban water infrastructure: What we have learnt from China's practice	22
Beyond landscape experience: A systematic literature review on the concept of spatial quality in flood‐risk management	22
Leveraging thewater‐energynexus to derive benefits for the electric grid throughdemand‐sidemanagement in the water supply and wastewater sectors	22
Smart management of combined sewer overflows: From an ancient technology to artificial intelligence	21
The environmental flows implementation challenge: Insights and recommendations across water‐limited systems	21
Wastewater surveillance could serve as a pandemic early warning system for COVID‐19 and beyond	20
Climate stress testing for water systems: Review and guide for applications	20
A new flow path: eDNA connecting hydrology and biology	20
What is climate security? Framing risks around water, food, and migration in the Middle East and North Africa	19
Beaver: The North American freshwater climate action plan	19
Hydrological modeling of the Silala River basin. 1. Model development and long‐term groundwater recharge assessment	19
Multispecies assemblages and multiple stressors: Synthesizing the state of experimental research in freshwaters	18
Anishinaabek responsibilities and relationships are demonstrated in N'bi (Water) Declarations	17
Correction to Examining water and gender narratives and realities	17
Moral economies for water: A framework for analyzing norms of justice, economic behavior, and social enforcement in the contexts of water inequality	17
Toward Sustainable Water Governance? Taking Stock of Paradigms, Practices, and Sustainability Outcomes	16
Waters From the Third Pole	16
A Practitioner‐Informed Decision Tree for Selecting Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom Control and Mitigation Techniques	15
Beyond engagement: Enhancing equity in collaborative water governance	15
Linking emerging contaminants to production and consumption practices	14
Framing water as a financial risk: Reviewing the processes shaping a narrative	14
Forecasting bathing water quality in the UK: A critical review	13
An introduction to flood modeling for catastrophe risk management	13
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Temporal trajectories in metacommunity structure: Insights from interdisciplinary research in intermittent streams	13
Advances and gaps in the science and practice of impact‐based forecasting of droughts	12
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How resilient are waterways of the Asian Himalayas? Finding adaptive measures for future sustainability	12
Droughts in forested ecoregions in cold and continental climates: A review of vulnerability concepts and factors in socio‐hydrological systems	12
Hydropower development in South Asia: Data challenges, new approaches, and implications for decision‐making	12
Beyond rules and norms: Heterogeneity, ubiquity, and visibility of groundwaters	12
Challenges in modeling and predicting floods and droughts: A review	12
Interacting effects of climate change and invasions by alien plant species on the morphodynamics of temperate rivers	12
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Domestication of water: Management of water resources in the dry zone of Sri Lanka as living cultural heritage	11
Water for energy: Characterizing co‐evolving energy and water systems under twin climate and energy system nonstationarities	11
Corporate social responsibility in the water industry: A critical review	11
Atmospheric river, a term encompassing different meteorological patterns	11
Unpacking everyday urbanism: Practices and the making of (un)even urban waterscapes	10
Changes to water management and declining pastoral resilience in Marsabit County, northern Kenya: The example of Gabra wells	10
A review on microplastics in major European rivers	10
Groundwater–surface water interaction in Denmark	10
Flash drought: A state of the science review	10
A review of video‐based rainfall measurement methods	10
Serious gaming in flood risk management	9

Copulas for hydroclimatic analysis: A practice‐oriented overview	9
Holocene sedimentary history of the Silala River (Antofagasta Region, Chile)	9
Managing floodplains using nature‐based solutions to support multiple ecosystem functions and services	9
Bringing the margin to the focus: 10 challenges for riparian vegetation science and management	9
Why do we have so many different hydrological models? A review based on the case of Switzerland	9
Human impact and ecosystemic health at Lake Baikal	9
Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala River watershed	9
Invertebrate zoogeomorphology: A review and conceptual framework for rivers	9
Machine learning for hydrologic sciences: An introductory overview	9
The geological evolution of the Silala River basin, Central Andes	9
Women in limnology: From a historical perspective to a present‐day evaluation	9
Merging patterns and processes of diffuse pollution in urban watersheds: A connectivity assessment	8
Optimization methods in water system operation	8
Reimagining hydropower in the United States	8
The Colorado River water crisis: Its origin and the future	8
Drivers, changes, and impacts of hydrological extremes in India: A review	8
Predicting wildfire induced changes to runoff: A review and synthesis of modeling approaches	8
A primer on stream temperature processes	8
The effects of drought on biodiversity in UK river ecosystems: Drying rivers in a wet country	8
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A Holistic Catchment‐Scale Framework to Guide Flood and Drought Mitigation Towards Improved Biodiversity Conservation and Human Wellbeing	7
Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?	7
A Systematic Literature Review on the Operationalization of Usability in Urban Pluvial Flooding Climate Services and the Influence of Contextual Factors	7
The water–climate nexus: Intersections across sectors	7
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Guiding Aquatic Reptile (Chelonian and Crocodylian) Conservation in the Face of Growing Light Pollution: Lessons From Experience	7
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Review on model development techniques for dam break flood wave propagation	6
State‐of‐the‐art review of leak diagnostic experiments: Toward a smart water network	6
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Cover Image, Volume 9, Issue 2	6
The tension between state ownership and private quasi‐property rights in water	6
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Farmer‐led irrigation development in sub‐Saharan Africa	6
Enhancing river floodplain management with nature‐based solutions: Overcoming barriers and harnessing enablers	6
Measuring transformative WASH: A new paradigm for evaluating water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions	5
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The role of water in environmental migration	5
Green stormwater infrastructure: A critical review of the barriers and solutions to widespread implementation	5
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Updating intensity–duration–frequency curves for urban infrastructure design under a changing environment	5
High groundwater levels: Processes, consequences, and management	5
Investigating the effects of channelization in the Silala River: A review of the implementation of a coupled MIKE‐11 and MIKE‐SHE modeling system	4
Review of water scarcity assessments: Highlights of Mexico's water situation	4
Mitigating floods and attenuating surface runoff with temporary storage areas in headwaters	4
Using foliar δ¹³C from high‐Andean plants (Silala River basin) as a measure of potential evapotranspiration through water use efficiency	4
Groundwater modeling of the Silala basin and impacts of channelization	4
An interdisciplinary overview of levee setback benefits: Supporting spatial planning and implementation of riverine nature‐based solutions	4
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Scientific evidence of the hydrological impacts of nature‐based solutions at the catchment scale	4
Inside‐out: Chinese academic assessments of large‐scale water infrastructure	4
Introduction to the Silala River and its hydrology	4
Progress in reducing nutrient and sediment loads to Chesapeake Bay: Three decades of monitoring data and implications for restoring complex ecosystems	4
Geothermal energy resources in Ethiopia: Status review and insights from hydrochemistry of surface and groundwaters	4
Catchment concentration–discharge relationships across temporal scales: A review	4
Environmental justice and drinking water: A critical review of primary data studies	4
The effects of household water insecurity on child health and well‐being	4
Water‐IQ matters as water conflicts mount	4
Understanding the Silala River—Scientific insights from the dispute over the status and use of the waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia)	4
Homelessness and water insecurity in the Global North: Trapped in the dwelling paradox	4
A short history of philosophies of hydrological model evaluation and hypothesis testing	3
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Correction to Water insecurity in the Global North: A review of experiences in U.S. colonias communities along the Mexico border	3
Baseflow and transmission loss: A review	3
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Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6	3
Examining water and gender narratives and realities	3
An assessment of technological development and applications of decentralized water reuse: A critical review and conceptual framework	3
Social barriers to open (water) data	3
A Review of Processes and Models for the Export of Microplastics From Terrestrial to Aquatic Systems	3
Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience	3
Water insecurity in the Global North: A review of experiences in U.S. colonias communities along the Mexico border	3
The role of rewilding in mitigating hydrological extremes: State of the evidence	3
Rebalancing River Lateral Connectivity: An Interdisciplinary Focus for Research and Management	3